Champion Hurdle

Hurricane Fly trounced his rivals again as he won a fourth Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown today. And following the race, StanJames revealed they had cut his odds on winning the 2013 Champion Hurdle, with spokesman Rory Jiwani telling Bettingpro.com: “While conditions were very much in his ...

Cheltenham Fest..

The dates for the 2014 Cheltenham Festival have been announced. The Cheltenham Festival is one of sport’s most enthralling extravaganzas and in 2014 the nation will once again be swept by horse racing fever as gamblers and racing fanatics prepare to embark on an unrivalled path of excitement. The 2...

Cheltenham Fest..

The dates for the 2015 Cheltenham Festival have been announced. The Cheltenham Festival is one of sport’s most enthralling extravaganzas and in 2015 the nation will once again be swept by horse racing fever as gamblers and racing fanatics prepare to embark on an unrivalled path of excitement. The 2...

Cheltenham Fest..

The 2013 Cheltenham Festival was a meeting when all the top horses in action delivered on their potential and showed exactly why they are so highly rated. In a week when the big names came up trumps, several equine stars vied for top billing to provide a fine illustration of why National Hunt racin...

Cheltenham Fest..

The 2013 Cheltenham Festival will be remembered for a freezing start and a wet finish – but some fantastic racing in which all the stars delivered on their promise. From the moment temperatures of -6C overnight were forecast and frost covers deployed, it became clear this would not be a shirt-sleev...

Ladbrokes World..

Big Buck’s, forced to abdicate his World Hurdle crown temporarily at least, is favourite to return triumphant from injury at the 2014 Cheltenham Festival. The four-time World Hurdle hero had to miss this year’s defence after suffering an injury following his seasonal debut at Newbury, in which he r...

Queen Mother Ch..

Sprinter Sacre, a brilliant winner of this year’s Queen Mother Champion Chase, is already odds-on favourite to triumph at the 2014 Cheltenham Festival for the third consecutive season. Nicky Henderson’s flamboyant seven-year-old cruised to victory by 19 lengths to extend his unbeaten record over fe...

Champion Hurdle

Hurricane Fly is favourite to make it a Cheltenham Festival hat-trick in the 2014 Champion Hurdle. Willie Mullins’ gelding will be 10 years old by the time the 2014 Champion Hurdle comes around, but his powers show no sign of diminishing judging by his two-and-a-half length victory over Rock On Rub...

Cheltenham Fest..

Gold Cup Day saw the punters hit the bookmakers hard at Cheltenham although none won quite as impressively as one Dublin based Paddy Power punter who scooped €330,000 on a fivefold on winning fivefold accumulator. A North Dublin Paddy Power mobile customer tonight found himself €330,000 when his €7...

Cheltenham Gold..

Bobs Worth is the ante-post favourite to join the steeplechasing greats by winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup for a second time in 2014. Nicky Henderson’s eight-year-old was a gutsy seven-length hero in rain-softened ground this year when he made it five wins out of five at Cheltenham and seven out of...

Foxhunter Chase

Salsify was a hot favourite for the Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup at Cheltenham but was looking second best before Oscar Delta crashed into a rope and unseated Jane Mangan in the home straight. It was supposed to be an easy win for Salsify in the Foxhunter Chase and in the end it was but not becaus...

Cheltenham Gold..

Bobs Worth won the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup for Barry Geraghty and Nicky Henderson beating Sir Des Champs and stable mate Long Run. Bobs Worth was the 5/2 favourite to win the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup and he obliged for his backers, his trainer Nicky Henderson and his jockey Barry Geraghty, with a ...

Albert Bartlett

At Fishers Cross was heavily gambled before the Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdle and he obliged in style with a commanding win under AP McCoy, who claimed his first win of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival AP McCoy had to wait until the final day of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival to claim his first win and ...

County Hurdle

Brian Cooper claimed a double in the first two races on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day when he rode Ted Veale to a stylish win in the Vincent O'Brien County Handicap Hurdle. Anyone who backed Brian Cooper at Cheltenham on Gold Cup Day will have been celebrating after the young jockey claimed his second an...

Triumph Hurdle

Our Conor proved far too good for the rest of the field in the JCB Triumph Hurdle as he decimated the field and ran away from his rivals. Our Conor and Rolling Star had been flip flopping favourites in the lead up to the JCB Triumph Hurdle with the late money coming in for the latter. That proved t...

The dates for the 2015 Cheltenham Festival have been announced. The Cheltenham Festival is one of sport’s most enthralling extravaganzas and in 2015 the nation will once again be swept by horse racing fever as gamblers and racing fanatics prepare to embark on an unrivalled path of excitement. The 2...

The dates for the 2014 Cheltenham Festival have been announced. The Cheltenham Festival is one of sport’s most enthralling extravaganzas and in 2014 the nation will once again be swept by horse racing fever as gamblers and racing fanatics prepare to embark on an unrivalled path of excitement. The 2...

The 2013 Cheltenham Festival was a meeting when all the top horses in action delivered on their potential and showed exactly why they are so highly rated. In a week when the big names came up trumps, several equine stars vied for top billing to provide a fine illustration of why National Hunt racin...

The 2013 Cheltenham Festival moves into its fourth and final day and race fans looks sure to be treated to a sensational climax to the week. This year’s Gold Cup looks to be a wide open contest and the absence of Denman and Kauto Star means that there is room for a new superstar to power his way in...

The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the highlight on Friday at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival and Sky Sports presenter Alex Hammond has revealed her tips for the final day of the four-day extravaganza. Thousands always look out for Alex's tips, and after finding a winner with Cue Card on Thursday, she ha...

The bookies fought back on Day Two of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival but punters shouldn't lose heart with more top class races to bet stuck into on Day Three, including the Ryanair Chase and World Hurdle. It was a tough day for everyone on Wednesday with the bookmakers clawing back some of their Day...

Bobs Worth is the ante-post favourite to join the steeplechasing greats by winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup for a second time in 2014. Nicky Henderson’s eight-year-old was a gutsy seven-length hero in rain-softened ground this year when he made it five wins out of five at Cheltenham and seven out of...

Bobs Worth won the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup for Barry Geraghty and Nicky Henderson beating Sir Des Champs and stable mate Long Run. Bobs Worth was the 5/2 favourite to win the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup and he obliged for his backers, his trainer Nicky Henderson and his jockey Barry Geraghty, with a ...

Paul Nicholls believes Silviniaco Conti has a good chance of providing him with a first Cheltenham Gold Cup success since the end of the Kauto Star and Denman era. The reigning champion trainer dominated the Blue Riband event of the Cheltenham Festival from 2007-2009 when Denman’s victory was sandw...

Ruby Walsh won the opening race of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival on the well backed Champagne Fever, beating pre-race favourite My Tent Or Yours, who couldn't find enough in the run in to pass the Irish raider. Champagne Fever made all the running in the William Hill Supreme Novices Hurdle and ...

My Tent Or Yours continues to be the hype horse on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival and the bookmakers will be hoping to dodge the Henderson bullet on Tuesday. The Supreme Novices’ Hurdle market leader is a best-priced 7/4 to win the race with Paddy Power and if this week’s preview nights...

Owner J P McManus looks to have a firm grip on the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, the first race of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival, with the first two favourites in the betting. My Tent Or Yours is likely to carry the first-choice green, gold and white silks of McManus and he is the 6/4 market leader with...

Hurricane Fly trounced his rivals again as he won a fourth Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown today. And following the race, StanJames revealed they had cut his odds on winning the 2013 Champion Hurdle, with spokesman Rory Jiwani telling Bettingpro.com: “While conditions were very much in his ...

Hurricane Fly is favourite to make it a Cheltenham Festival hat-trick in the 2014 Champion Hurdle. Willie Mullins’ gelding will be 10 years old by the time the 2014 Champion Hurdle comes around, but his powers show no sign of diminishing judging by his two-and-a-half length victory over Rock On Rub...

Hurricane Fly silenced his critics with a powerful win in the Stan James Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy at the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. The Irish have always claimed that Hurricane Fly is a superstar and they backed him like defeat was our of the question on the opening day of the 2013 Cheltenha...

Big Buck’s, forced to abdicate his World Hurdle crown temporarily at least, is favourite to return triumphant from injury at the 2014 Cheltenham Festival. The four-time World Hurdle hero had to miss this year’s defence after suffering an injury following his seasonal debut at Newbury, in which he r...

Solwhit was an impressive winner of the Ladbrokes World Hurdle under a patient ride from Paul Carberry. There was no Big Bucks' this year but if anything that made the 2013 Ladbrokes World Hurdle a more exciting race as there were a number of live contenders. The pick of them proved to be Solwhit a...

Tony McCoy believes his World Hurdle mount Get Me Out Of Here has “a good each-way chance” as he bids to gain a deserved first Cheltenham Festival success in the Thursday highlight. If any horse is due a change of luck at the Cheltenham Festival it’s Get Me Out Of Here - he has finished second at t...

Simonsig wasn't at his best when winning the Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase but his class told in the end and it was fairly comfortable for Nicky Henderson's superstar. Favourite backers were celebrating on the opening day of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival as Nicky Henderson's Simonsig obli...

Simonsig wasn't as his best in the Racing Post Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase but he was too good for the rest of the field and gave Nicky Henderson and Barry Geraghty their first win of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival. Jason Maguire, as expected, made all of the early running on Overturn with Ruby Wals...

Simonsig looks sure to start an odds-on favourite in his bid to make it back-to-back Cheltenham Festival successes in the Arkle Challenge Trophy Chase on Tuesday. Nicky Henderson’s grey is a hugely exciting prospect who romped to victory in the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle at last...

Irish trainer Tom Taaffe feels his Jewson Novices’ Chase raider Argocat has a “live chance” at the Cheltenham Festival on March 14. The five-year-old has won twice from four starts over fences this term and was last seen running away with a Grade Two prize at Limerick on Boxing Day. Argocat (best-p...

The final race on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival looks another fiercely competitive affair and if punters can pick the winner they should surely be heading into day two of the meeting in profit. Alan King’s Bless The Wings (15/2, Blue Square) heads the betting for the race and the ...

The final race on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival is a competitive affair but there are some nice prices and Definity looks great value at 8/1 Tullamore Dew hasn’t been overly punished by the handicapper and doesn’t have to give too much weight away bearing in mind that he finished seco...

The New One produced a hugely impressive performance to beat the gambled on Pont Alexandre in the Neptune Investment Managerment Novices Hurdle on Day Two of the 2013 Cheltenham Festival The Irish money came in for Pont Alexandre on Day Two of the Cheltenham Festival and the victory of Back In Focu...

Puffin Billy is back on track for the 2013 Cheltenham Festival after delighting his trainer Oliver Sherwood in a workout at home. The highly promising five-year-old will go for the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle on Wednesday March 13. Unbeaten in his first four starts, all of which h...

The Neptune Novices' Hurdle is run over the intermediate trip of 2m5f for staying novice hurdlers and is run on the Wednesday of the Cheltenham Festival (due off 2.05pm). It pays to be tried and trusted at a high level with Graded race experience a must. Six of the last 10 winners ticked that part...